Improvement in perambulating toys



S.v W. ADAMS. Pe'ramb'uflating Toy.

No. 210,480. Patented Deb. 3,1878.

MPETERS. PHom-UTHQGRAPHEH. WASNMGTO'*I D C- UNITED erica.

IMPROVEMENT IN PERAMBULATING TOYS.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,480, dated December3, 1878; application filed October 7, 1878.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. ADAMS, of Boston, vin the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvementsin Perambulating Toys, of which the following is a specification:

This invention is a perambulating toy for the amusement of children, andrepresents a child jumping rope and mounted upon a perambulator, whichis to be drawn about the iioor or ground, the rotations of the axle ofthe perambulator effecting the jumping movements of the child and theswinging of the rope, as hereinafter explained.

The drawings accompanying this specification represent in Figure 1 afront elevation, in Fig. 2 a vertical section, and in Fig. 3 a verticalcross-section, of a toy embodying my invention.

In these drawings, Arepresents the perambulator, which supports thechild, the same being composed of a platform or base, A', mounted uponan axle, B, and wheels O C, two upright standards, I) I), arrangedparallel with the axle Il, and two steadying-wheels, E E, arrangedmidway between and in front and in rear of the wheels O O, and pivotedto arms F F, extending from the base A, these steadying-wheels being soarranged that but one can touch the floor at a time, and thepera-mbulator being balanced as nearly as possible upon its axle B.

The purpose of the wheels E E is not only to maintain the perambulatorin an upright position, but prevent its being upset when turned rapidlyin a circle.

I do not limit myself to the particular construction of the perambulatoras above described, as such construction may be varied without losingsight of my invention, which I consider to eonsistin a miniature childmounted upon a suitable wheeled support, and provided with mechanism tocause it to jump up and down and to swing a counterfeit rope.

Within bearings aa inthe upper part of the standards D D, I mount ahorizontal shaft, G, the centra-l part of which is provided with a crankor eccentric, H, which extends into a horizontal passage formed throughthe upper part of the body or chest of the child, which is shown at K,the effect of the rotations of the shaft as transmitted through theeccentric or its equivalent being to cause up and down or jumpingmotions of t-he child. l

Upon each side of the child I affix to the shaft Gr one end of a bentwire, J, which is to represent the rope which the child is to jump orship; and I prefer to fashion the portions of the shaft upon each sideof the child into the re]'.)resentation of an arm and hand, to present amore life-like appearance.

The rope may be entirely or in part of metal, or of any suitablematerial which will swing readily by and with the rotations of theshaft, and is to be of such size and shape and so applied with respectto the eccentric II as to swing beneath the feet of the child as thelatter rises above the base A.

Other means than an eccentric or crank may be employed to effect thejumping motions of the child; but the eccentric is a cheap, effective,and durable means of accomplishing the deA sired results.

To effect the desired rotations of the shaft G, I proceed, in thepresent instance, as follows: To each end of the axle B, as it protrudesoutside of the wheel, or to the hub of each wheel, as the case may be, Isecure one end of awire helix, or other suitable flexible tube or rod,b, and to the. opposite end of such tubes or rods I connect the lowerend of an upright rod, c, the upper end of each of such rods being` inturn secured to the lower end of one of a second pair of flexible tubesor rods at d d, the upper ends of which latter are secured to theadjacent ends of the shaft G, thus comi pleting a continuous shaftdisposed in the form of a square, and so arranged that rotations of theaxle B impart corresponding rotations to the shaft G, and consequentswinging movements of the rop'e and jumping motions of the child.

I do not confine myself to the use of flexible connections between theaxle B, shaft Gr, and rods c c, as bevel-gears or other devices may beemployed to transmit the rotations of the axle to the shaft; but aflexibleconnection is noiseless and effective, and is readily appliedand removed.

As the toy, made as above described, is trundled along the lloor, therotations of the shaft effect alternating rising and falling or jumping'movements of the child and swinging movements of the rope, whichpresents a lifelike representation of aehild in the aet of jumping orskipping' rope.

My toy is very popular7 and can be furnished at small oost.

I claim- 1. A toy composed of a peramlmlating` oairiage, Whiehconstitutes the support of the doll or counterfeit child, a doll orrepresentative child suspended from or upon suoli can riage, and asuitable connection between the axle of the carriage and the suspensoryof the ehildywhereby tllerotations of the axle are transmitted to suohsuspeusmrgr to el'eet rising and falling or jumping motions oi'- saidchild, substantially as and for purposes stated.

2. A toy composed of a perambulating` carriage, which constitutes thesupport of the counterfeit child, a doll or ohild suspended Afrom orupon such carriage, a suitable oonnection between the axle ot' thecarriage and suspensoxy of theelnld, whereby the rotations poses stated.

A toy composed of aperamhulator, a child suspended from and swingingupon it,

and a rope describing circular sweeps about the child, substantially asand for purposes. stated.

SAM. W. ADAMS. Witnesses:

F. Gomis, LoUIs A. UURTis.

